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They are not lies. Open source is not safer than closed source, unless you can verify with 100% certainty that the code you saw is the code that's running. And
by hota_mazi 6y ago
They are not lies. Open source is not safer than closed source, unless you can verify with 100% certainty that the code you saw is the code that's running.
And that's impossible.
People who think open source is the solution to the voting challenge haven't given this problem much thought.
- akvadrako 6y agoThat's like saying a car is only safer if you can be 100% certain it won't crash.
- mmazing 6y agoI think the main difference is that software being open source (and maintained by a larger community!) provides wider accountability and visibility to code changes, thus reducing potential security flaws. You claim that open source is NOT safer than closed source, what is your reasoning there? Security through obscurity?